Lovely Letterpress.

Breath taking...right?

Minted just launched a gorgeous Letterpress line with an 

inaugural collection of 30 invitation suites and Stache + Kiss is one of them!

They are hand pressed on beautiful 100% cotton paper.

Honored to be a part and can't wait to see them!

All photos courtesy of minted.com

Pink, Grey, and Glitter Shower

{Invitation Design}

Pink, Grey, and Glitter...Oh My!

Some family members and I hosted a baby shower for my expecting sister-in-law at the beginning of this month. We wanted it to have a soft and feminine feel without being too baby-ish. Instead of filling the space with bottles and binkies, we chose to fill it with florals and glitter. 

If you ask Lauren her favorite color it will be gray every time... so we took that and added the pink and the gold. We tried to add details in all the right areas and I think it turned out beautifully.

::INVITATIONS::

I did hand drawn water color illustrations for the invitations {pictured above} and also carried the look through out the rest of the print pieces. 

To be honest it was the first time I picked up a paint brush in a very long time! I had SO much fun messing around with paints again! I can't wait to get into them again!

To add a little "bling" to the invitations I bought spray glitter {who knew you could buy a can of spray glitter?...not me. From Michael's} and with the help of my wonderful husband we put a very subtle dusting of glitter on each invite. BUT that wasn't enough glitter! So I added a gold glitter belly band! I bought a roll of gold glitter wrapping paper from Michael's {which was cheaper than buying sheets of glitter scrapbook paper} and cut them into 1" strips and used double stick tape to connect the ends.

The envelopes are from Paper Source in the color gravel. The envelopes were hand written in white gel pen!

{Centerpieces}

::CENTERPIECES::

We used mason jars for the centerpieces. We spray painted the bottoms in gold {which I don't think we necessarily had to do} and then covered the bottom in glue, then poured on the glitter! {You better believe that there will be glitter all over my mother-in-law's house for weeks to come!} The jars were filled with pink gerbera daisies and white mini roses from our local Whole Foods. {One of my favorite places to get flowers.}

{Place Settings}

{Garland}

::PLACEMATS, CONFETTI + GARLAND::

We purchased scrapbook paper in different patterns and colors {grey + pink}  from Michael's and used it for placemats as well as confetti and a festive garland! {We had some left over and made it into a necklace for the mommy-to-be}

{Confetti + Straws with flags}

{Silverware}

::WRAPPED SILVERWARE::

We started off with grey napkins from Ikea and added a strip of pink burlap, layered with a piece of gold polka dotted scrapbook paper, and topped off with a strand of gold sequins! {All hot glued together...ouch!}

{Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes}

{Best Bruschetta Recipe...ever}

{Cake Pops made my my Sister-in-law, Rachel}

::BEVERAGE STATION::

We purchased these super cute glass bottles from Ikea. {Everyone was asking where they were from.} I used a gold sharpie to label them. Which didn't really work that well, I probably needed some kind of paint marker.

We purchased the grey + white striped straws from Etsy and then I added the custom flags. The water bottle labels were designed to match the rest of the shower with water color details.

{Beverage Station}

{Water Bottle Labels}

::FAVORS::

The favors were made by the mommy-to-be's sister. They are reused baby food jars! {How appropriate!} She made both Vanilla and Sage & Citrus. She topped them with fabrics that matched the shower and a little bit of natural twine. I designed the labels to match the rest of the shower! {They look very cute sitting on my kitchen windowsill at the moment!}

{Candle Favors}

{Words of Wisdom Tip Book}

{Diaper Cake made by mommy-to-be's mother}

{Gift from me and my sister-in-law. The cute tag is a Penelope Poppy design!}

OH and the shower won Project of the Week at Project Nursery!

{Thanks to all who voted this week!}

**Photography by Lauren Armstrong Photography**

Sprinkle

I was asked to put something together quickly for a co-worker's *sprinkle* that we are going to throw in April. Just a simple e-vite to send out to the office. I think it's pretty cute.

Pete is having a little boy, due in early May.

They are doing his nursery in a woodland creatures theme + owls, hence the little owl at the top of the invite.

Hope he is surprised!

Peacock

I designed this Peacock Wedding Suite for a friend who got 

married back on 11-11-11. {Why does that sound so long ago?}

{The entire "suite"}

The wedding colors, as you might guess, were navy blue, lime green 

and a little bit of purple {Colors of a, you guessed it, Peacock!}

I had a lot of fun working with this theme.

Carrie and Joey wanted something traditional yet fun too!

They did a great job carrying the Peacock theme throughout.

Even the Bridal Shower was totally "Peacocked" out!

{Fonts: Burgues Script + Filosofia}

{Close up of the feather}

The wedding was beautiful.

I know that Carrie and Joey are enjoying being newlyweds.

What a great couple!

Shower Invites on Minted

It has been really exciting these past couple of months being a part 

of the Minted community! 

It is so fun to see my designs up on the site for sale!

Two Penelope Poppy designs won in the February Showers Challenge 

and they are now available online!

 Urban Baby

Sweet n' Chic

I also have 4 wedding invitations for sale and there is a Thanksgiving card coming to the site soon! 

Check out the rest of Penelope Poppy's collection on Minted!

Love In Paradise

This past weekend was my soon-to-be sister-in-law's {wow, that's a lot of hyphens} bridal shower. I designed "everything print" for the shower. My s-t-b {let's abbreviate} s-i-l, Lauren is also a designer. Designing for another designer can be really tough. I really wanted her to like them and thankfully she was very pleased with them!

The project included: invitations, recipe cards, marriage advice cards, a game sheet + bingo card, water bottle labels and signage for the doors! I really like how it all came out.

My sister-in-law Rachel's shower is next month {yep, you read it right....2 showers/2 weddings same family within 2 months of each other....it's been wedding mania} and I am designing her invitations {and some other goodies} too so stay posted!